AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i7-9700K

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i7-9700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700K is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Core i7-9700K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.